Cape Town City Football Club is a South African professional

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club based in

Cape Town Cape Town ( af, Kaapstad; , xh, iKapa) is one of South Africa's three capital cities, serving as the seat of the Parliament of South Africa. It is the legislative capital of the country, the oldest city in the country, and the second largest ...

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, that plays in the Premier Soccer League (PSL). The original football club Cape Town City FC was founded in 1962, before being reformed in 2016. The team plays its home matches at the

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, and its training centre is based at

Hartleyvale Stadium Hartleyvale Stadium is a field hockey stadium in Observatory, Cape Town, South Africa. It was previously used as a soccer stadium by Cape Town City in the National Football League era, as well as by Hellenic during the late 1980s. It is curre ...

, the club's original home ground between 1962–77.

History

Cape Town City was resurrected when South African businessman and former professional soccer player John Comitis purchased the franchise rights of defunct Mpumalanga Black Aces F.C. Comitis was one of two co-founders of Ajax Cape Town F.C. in 1999 but eventually sold his shares in 2013. In 2016, Comitis bought defunct Black Aces, located in

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, and relocated the team with the franchise license in Cape Town.

Stadium

Cape Town City play their home matches at Athlone Stadium in the suburb of Athlone in Cape Town. In 2018, the club announced that they would begin using Hartleyvale Stadium as a training facility but continue home matches at Athlone Stadium.

Rivalries

Cape Town is a city with many football clubs and so there are many smaller derbies. However the fixtures against the second largest club in the city, Cape Town Spurs FC (formerly Ajax Cape Town FC) are the biggest derby games. Fellow DStv Premiership team Stellenbosch FC (formerly Vasco de Gama FC) are also considered close rivals. There is also a rivalry against

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after the Telkom Knockout final in 2016 and the

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finals of

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and

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all being contested by the two clubs.

Honours

Cape Town City won the 2016

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, defeating Supersport United 2–1 in the final on 10 December 2016. City scored 12 goals in four games during the tournament to win in 2016–17 Cape Town City F.C. season. *

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** Winners:

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** Winners:

** Runners up:

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Club technical team

*Head Coach: Erick Tinkler *Assistant Coach: Diogo Peral *Analyst: Paul Lamb *Team Manager: Moenier Davids *Sport Scientist: Lee Miles *Physiotherapist: Andrew Coppin *Biokineticist: Hlalefo Senoamali *Head of Recruitment: Grant Veitch *Recruitment Analyst: Dylan Greenberg

First-team squad

Legends

Cape Town City offers lifetime awards to a distinguished group of 30 Cape Town football "Legends". Notable players such as

Thabo Mngomeni Thabo Mngomeni (born 24 June 1969, Cape Town, Western Cape) is a South African former Association football midfielder. After starting his professional career at Cape Town Spurs and having a brief spell at Manning Rangers, Mngomeni became a ...

David Nyathi David Sibusiso Nyathi (born 22 March 1969) is a retired South African soccer player, who is currently the assistant coach at Ajax Cape Town, and previously coached their under-19 team. Career Nyathi started playing professional football for ...

, Ben Anderson,

Bernard Hartze Bernard “Dancing Shoes” Hartze (born 5 March 1950) is a South African retired professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He played in several leagues in South Africa and the United States. Early on, Hartze was given the nickname � ...

, Reggie Jantjiesm Farouk Abrahams, Theko Modise, Craig Martin, Edmilson Dove and

Lebogang Manyama Lebogang Manyama (born 13 September 1990), nicknamed “Kaka” is a South African professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Cape Town City and the South Africa national soccer team. Early life Manyama was born in Tembisa but ...

feature as honourees on this list. This also includes the long-serving captain,

Thamsanqa Mkhize Thamsanqa Innocent Mkhize (born 18 August 1988) is a South African professional soccer player who plays for and captains Cape Town City. As well as plays for the South African national team. Career statistics International References ...

. The club's first and current manager,

Eric Tinkler Eric Tinkler (born 30 July 1970) is a South African football coach and former player who manages Cape Town City. Early and personal life Tinkler was born in Roodepoort. Club career Tinkler played club football for Wits University, União de ...

achieved early success. The club also has been managed by ex-South African footballer Benni McCarthy.

References

External links

* {{Cape Town, sports Association football clubs established in 2016 Premier Soccer League clubs Soccer clubs in Cape Town 2016 establishments in South Africa